Citi Group Legal Senior Group Manager/Director - Commodities 

United States, Texas, Houston 

643284432

Responsibilities:

• Oversee legal activities for the Commodities business and serve as General Counsel of Citigroup Energy Inc., the primary legal vehicle for Citi’s North American Commodities Business.
• Management of a team of 7 lawyers and legal officers based in Houston and New York.
• Regulatory responsibilities, including direct interaction with FERC and CFTC, resulting from physical and financial commodities trading activities, including trading in energy, metals and agricultural products.
• Participate in strategic planning and development of the Commodities Business and contribute to business objectives by utilizing knowledge of industry, laws and regulations.
• Advise on and manage financial hedging transactions, security structures as well as commodity monetization and intermediation structures.
• Partner with business/functional line management in recommending, developing and executing business initiatives within permissible statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Manage day-to-day legal activities in close coordination with the Global Legal Commodities team in London and Singapore
• Serve as a subject matter expert in areas of responsibility and provide senior advisory services to business partners.
• Negotiate, coordinate and monitor management of complex legal issues and make key decisions within areas of responsibility.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citi, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• Bar license in good standing to practice law
• 10-15+ years of experience
• In depth commodity industry across a variety of products and market and commodity-focused derivatives experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of laws and practices; knowledge of trading documentation
• Proven leadership, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, problem solving and analytical skills

• Juris Doctorate or equivalent lawdegree

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